But as soon as his case adjourns for the weekend, he plans to hot-foot it to Hertfordshire to deliver the pre-match pep talk ahead of Spurs’ FA Cup fourth round clash at Watford.

Assistant manager Kevin Bond said: “I’m not completely au fait with the log- istics but he will come away from the court and at the earliest opportunity meet us in the hotel we are staying in. He will give the team talk.”

Bond has been in constant contact with Redknapp all week as well as attending Wednesday’s court sessions.

He and first-team coach Joe Jordan have been over- seeing training sessions in Redknapp’s absence.

And Bond insists it’s business as usual.

He said: “We had a similar scenario a few weeks ago when Harry had a heart procedure.

“The training carries on pretty much as normal, so there’s not really a lot of difference, except Harry is not here during the day.”

They could have to make do without several star names as Gareth Bale, Scott Parker and Younes Kaboul all pulled out of training sessions this week.

Spurs are the latest side to show an interest in Manchester United rebel Ravel Morrison, who is out of contract in the summer.

Newcastle are also keen on the 18-year-old, but Arsenal are believed to have dropped out of the running.

A spokesman for Roma said: “We were offered him, but said no. Why should we think we’d be able to handle him if Sir Alex Ferguson and United could not?”